Furan · ISO 639-3 fvr
Fur Language bèle fòòr
Fur is a Furan language spoken by about 1.2 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Fur is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Fur
Language family
- Furan
- Fur
Writing system
Latin script
About the Fur language
Fur (bèle fòòr) is spoken by about 1.2 million people, which makes it the 419th most spoken language in the world — just behind Batak Simalungun (1.2 million) and ahead of Gurani (1.2 million). It belongs to the Furan language family.
Where is Fur spoken?
Fur is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Sudan (1.4 million).
Fur is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Fur is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 fvr.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.